Balance Point
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| Author | Kathy Tyers |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Cliff Nielsen |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The New Jedi Order |
| Subject | Star Wars |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Del Rey |
Publication date |
Hardcover: November 1, 2000 Paperback: July 1, 2001 |
| Media type | Hardcover & Paperback |
| Pages |
Hardcover: 333 Paperback: 384 |
| ISBN |
0-345-42857-9 (Hardcover) ISBN 0-345-42858-7 (Paperback) |
| OCLC | 45268476 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3570.Y4 B35 2000 |
| Preceded by | Agents of Chaos: Jedi Eclipse |
| Followed by | Recovery |
Balance Point is the sixth installment of the New Jedi Order series set in the Star Wars universe. It is a science fiction novel written by Kathy Tyers and published in 2000.
Summary
On the planet Duro, a new galactic refugee settlement close to the Core, Jacen Solo has a horrifying vision through the Force about the fate of the galaxy. Amidst the invasion by the Yuuzhan Vong, anger and darkness will become the ultimate enemy of one pivotal individual in the war. And if Jacen embraces such evil, then the galaxy will fall. In order to avoid such catastrophe, Jacen decides to turn his back on the Force forever. However, even in the terror of the Vong's continued invasion of the galaxy, a ray of hope shines in the conceiving of Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker's child.
Duro eventually becomes the next target of the Yuuzhan Vong. Though the conquest of the world is successful, Jacen, in a bid to save his mother, Leia, from certain doom, confronts the Vong Warmaster Tsavong Lah in combat, embraces the Force once more, and defeats him. The Skywalkers, the Solos, and several of their friends and allies flee Duro in its loss. And to make things worse, in the aftermath of his humiliation by Jacen, Tsavong Lah makes an ultimatum to the rest of the galaxy: If every single member of the Jedi are brought to the Yuuzhan Vong, especially Jacen, then the invaders will settle with Duro and conclude their invasion with what worlds they already have.
Dramatis Personae
- Anakin Solo; Jedi Knight (male human)
- C-3PO; protocol droid
- Darez Wuht; admiral (male Duros)
- Droma; spacer (male Ryn)
- Han Solo; captain Millennium Falcon (male human)
- Jacen Solo; Jedi Knight (male human)
- Jaina Solo; Jedi Knight (female human)
- Leia Organa Solo; New Republic ambassador (female human)
- Luke Skywalker; Jedi Master (male human)
- Mara Jade Skywalker; Jedi Master (female human)
- Mezza; refugee (female Ryn)
- Nom Anor; executor (male Yuuzhan Vong)
- R2-D2; astromech droid
- Randa Besadii Diori; refugee (male Hutt)
- Romany; refugee (male Ryn)
- Tsavong Lah; warmaster (male Yuuzhan Vong)
- Viqi Shesh; senator (female human)